Charge exchange and Coulomb de-excitation of muonic atoms in low energy collisions

Abstract

The muon transfer and Coulomb de-excitation rates at the collisions of (pµ)n, (dµ)n and (tµ)n muonic atoms in excited states n = 3, 4, 5 with hydrogen isotopes p, d, t are calculated for all possible combinations of hydrogen isotopes. The advanced adiabatic approach (AAA) [1–3] is adapted and used to the specific case of muonic atom collisions.